Dedicated to the City of San Francisco

I'd just like to extend my biggest heartfelt FUCK YOU to the City/County of San Francisco's 's Department of Elections today for not allowing me to vote for the first time EVER in the history of my voting life.
I haven't missed a single election since i voted for Mike Dukakis in 1988.
And now, this streak has been broken.
By bullshit.

They talk about the high incidence of voter apathy in this state, how people blow off voting -- especially in an off year, a special election year thanks to our prick Governor -- and here i am, somebody that really wants to vote!
I WANT my voice heard, even if in the grand scheme of things, one single vote may not mean a whole hell of a lot.
But it's my fucking right, nonetheless.
and i'm denied?

See, i only moved to the City of San Francisco this summer, after living for four years in Oakland.
I never had a problem voting in Alameda County.
Never.

I made all the correct address changes. With the City. With the DMV. With the Post Office (twice).

I printed out the correct Elections registration form from the SFGov website.
i filled it out.
i mailed it with PLENTY of lead time to ensure my registration form would arrive on time, before the deadline, which is 12 days before the election.

I never received any sort of confirmation in the mail, which was my first clue that something was awry.

So today, i call my local Elections rep to inquire of my polling place whereabouts, since the message received on the SFGov website was: "Due to unforeseeable circumstances, your polling place may be relocated prior to the election. Please check the website again or call 554-4375 to verify your polling place on Election Day."
And they have no record of me.
No record of my registration.
Trying to tell me i didn't do it in time (which i did), or that "doing it online doesn't always work" (i didn't DO it online, i printed out the fucking form from YOUR website) or whatever else.
The person on the phone knew next to nothing.

So i go to my polling place anyway.
No dice.
No record of me.

See, what the hell is that about?
If we're so fucking free, why can't i register to vote day of the elections, especially if i have more than one form of ID AND a bill with my name on it addressed to my current address?
Why is registering to vote so difficult?

It's complete and utter bullshit.

So
FUCK YOU SF Dept. of Elections.

I'd love to vote.
But you fucked up.
And now i can't.

Thanks for this exercise in futility.

Fright Night Videos For Temporal Purposes Only

I'm in a rock mood today.
I mean, shit, i pulled out The Wall by Pink Floyd and listened to the entire thing front to back (interrupted briefly with an AC/DC break - yes, it was "Thunderstruck"), and i haven't listened to that entire album in several years, i'd estimate.
that's what i love about music.
no matter what your mood, there's some music to match the mood.

So in a highly impromptu manner, i'm creating a little rock mix to keep me going through the hard long slog of the day/week.
i got a kitty resting her paw on my right forearm as i type this...now she's licking me.
i got the apartment to myself.
it's Friday night.
I got a good pal coming over.
i got the whole night/weekend in front of me.

Here's what i'm spewing out emotion-wise via my favorite emoter - music - right this second.
if a few peeps pipe up about wanting some audio to match this textual i'm about to unroll, hit me somehow and say 'dammit tim, make me a mix.'
and it shall be done.
or my name isn't ted.

actually, i am the eggman.
or ... wait.
am i the walrus?
goo goo goo g'choob.

sexual chocolate mix for the people
friday, nov. 4, 2005
started between the hours of 9-10 p.m. PST

1. "Here Comes Everybody" - Autolux (from Future Perfect)
2. "Losing My Edge" - LCD Soundsystem (from LCD Soundsystem, CD2)
3. "Natural Grace" - Ride (from Carnival Of Light)
4. "Too Many Mornings" - Mojave 3 (from Spoon and Rafter)
5. "Bluebird Of Happiness" - Mojave 3 (from Spoon and Rafter)
6. "Acrid Avid Jam Shred" - Aphex Twin (from I Care Because You Do)
7. "Baby (Uptown Safari Jazz Mix by Yam Who?)" - Bebel Gilberto (from Bebel Gilberto Remixed)
8. "Owner Of A Lonely Heart" - Yes (from 90125
9. "Two Worlds Collide" - Inspiral Carpets (from Revenge Of The Goldfish)
10. "Season" - Kiln (from Sunbox)
11. "Alternative Biology" - Egg (from Don't Postpone Joy)
12. "Burning Up" - Alpinestars (from White Noise)
13. "Mine Is In Yours" - Mouse On Mars (from Radical Connector)
14. "Wipe That Sound" - Mouse On Mars (from Radical Connector)
15. "I Hate Milk" - Air Miami (from me. me. me)
16. "World Cup Fever" - Air Miami (from me. me. me)

As you can see, i didn't necessarily follow the total rock path.
Though i did try.

At Home I'm A Tourist

At long last, i have a night at home, a night without plans.
oh sure, i'm resisting the urge to go see negativland at the Great American.
but they're playing tomorrow night too.
so i got that in my back pocket.

to be home before 8 p.m. is a nice treat.
indeed.

i realized that hardly anyone i know has concrete halloween plans.
god knows, i certainly shouldn't go to the Castro Monday night.
it's just too many idiots. you can barely even walk around.
sure, there are great costumes, but...i can see them online the next day.

or i can teleport there for a couple of minutes at a time and then teleport my ass on outta there, rescramble all my lovely molecules, and get on back home for some extended chill extravaganzas.

or i can dance on the ceiling. fuck gravity.
it's bullshit.

on the other hand, maybe i could go for a second.

.....
word from detroit:
my nephew Brayden is already walking, talking and getting into verbal arguments with the nurses.
just a couple days old and already he's rocking the party right.
my brother did a good job having that kid.
apparently heidi, his wife, was there too for moral support.
nice work, bro.
you put the wind beneath my wings.
.....


Ho Ho Ho, the voice of the Jolly Green Giant dies

More on the legendary Green Giant who happens to be green and especially jolly

Still more on GG

.....




It's about time people woke the fuck up, yo
For Reals

Mood is sour on Bush, Congress

like they don't have anything else to be worrying about ...

This sucks - Almost 70 Percent Of U.S. Casualties In Iraq Under Age 30

Oh, this is lovely ...
Young Singers Spread Racist Hate: Duo Considered the Olsen Twins of the White Nationalist Movement

I Made These
Adult. grows up, punks out
Boards Of Canada - The Campfire Headphase
Audion - Suckfish


thanks to the always lovely boing-boing for the following:

lost camera film found

master of illusions

if Fox News had been around throughout history ...
... we wouldn't be here talking right now...

New Nephew In The House

A brief interruption into real-life stuff here today with the grand announcement of the birth of my newest nephew, Brayden Edward!
It is my brother's very first child, and as you can see below, he's pretty stoked!



whoo hoo!

Sanguine Shuttlecock Sandwich

So i've been away for a bit.

My birthday came and went. Well, actually it's my birthday week, so i can keep on celebrating till i'm ready for the week to be over.

There was a fleeting thought of telling you that i was kidnapped at knifepoint by Bloodthirsty Monks with an unhealthy obsession with Eric Sevareid hellbent on destroying all forms of news-gathering currently at our disposal.

it was a tough and turbulant time my friends.

a time of reflection.

of revolt.

and intrigue.

not that anything really happened.

actually, i've been busy as fuck -- or B.A.F., for you acronym-loving genderbenders -- reeling in the years, reeling in the knees, reeling in the thneeds, reeling in the trees.

it brings me back to my halycon days of yesteryear holed up in the quaint little family farm we called home on Rodeo Drive.

Ah, my, times certainly have changed since those hardscrabble days on the lam, dole and pickpocket circuit.

at least i have my gelatin mold to remember you by.

Fuck you and your famine bullshit.
How do you know what the famine was about?

You see those floods happening?
I gotta alert Noah and get the ark ready. That 2-by-2 shit is bullshit.

My birthday was an exciting day of pain.

Lo, i have spoken.

Hobo Gangs For Liberty
Bourbon soup rocks!
See pic up top of Sugar-Booger, the bestest spoon comber the world has ever known.

Body found in glacier believed to be WWII airman
You gotta watch the video. so intriguing.

what is up with Australia lately? i talked to and about australia more in the last two days than i have in a long time.
bring me the head of King Kangaroo!

puddlejump licker a.k.a Satan
he's such a dick, there's no way i could put his pic on my page.

Hackus Interruptus GREAT story, yo.

look up, up in the sky
it's a giant loofa!

HOW-TO: Rip DVD Movies To Your iPod Using Free Software

This is what they mean about preserving the sanctity of marriage

Get your kick-ass leather pants!

harriet may be toast after all
Maybe you should read Harriet's Blog

secrets of duct tape revealed
tom ridge doesn't want you to know about this shit.
neither does Michael Cherthoff.

Sorry, Brownie's Gotta Eat some Din-Din first
Then we can start saving your sorry asses.
Or not.

say bye-bye to Cheney?
doubtful about Dick.
Dick.

I'm a new father!!....oh wait, maybe not














They were right, this is a damn good bassline
a damn good song too.

Talking Heads demo
nifty, neato and such

This Tiga remix of LCD Soundsystem's "Tribulations" fucking rocks

whoa, BRMC have like, changed
good track.

Gang Of Four versus Yeah Yeah Yeahs
weirdly ok.

But i love clanging pots and science room skeletons

make music with your excel spreadsheet!

John Peel is dead but you are not, so you should listen to this

George W. Bush sings about White Lines

When George W. Bush attempts to speak, people sort of listen

God Lives Underwater singer dead

Joan Armatrading was a bitch
or maybe i'm lying.

Listen up children.
Whoo Hooo Whoooo

i know you want this truck
(thanks be to Boing-Boing for this)

Absurdity is All

Random crap that has been compiled in this here place for the last couple days or so and i just haven't gotten around to publishing the damn thing.

George Bush doesn't care about black people
Kanye kickstarted a revolution. or something. anger, intensity... and activate!

New Boards of Canada track
BOC worshippers like myself, be warned...it's a bit of a step in a different direction.
ok, maybe a warning is a bit harsh.
it's odd though. different even chuckie.

cool four tet remix of Bloc Party track
i really like the Bloc Party, actually.

prediction: Morningwood is gonna be a big band
once their stupid record company releases their album, not till january! stoopid.

Good damn news about breakfast cereal
despite the fact i'm not a female.

Coppola returns to 'The Outsiders'
i really loved the S.E. Hinton book when i was a lad. I recall liking the movie but thought the book was much better. isn't it always like that anyway?

is this kind of fuN?

how weird is this? Animatronic DJ brings on the funk and stuff.

Headphone Use May Worsen Hearing Loss
well, this is just more bad news for me.

Beyond Comforting the Afflicted

2001: A Space Odyssey, explained
sort of, anyway

Jeff Goldblum is watching you poop

thighs wide shut
this site is pretty damn funny

photos to forget

guru of ganja takes on the feds
i love that name, guru of ganja.

earthquake preparedness kit
duct tape isn't a bad thing to have but you need more than that.

This IS Bullshit

So i leave for a week and i come back to find that the whole world has changed and is in complete upheaval.
While we heard about the disaster on the Gulf Coast out on the playa, the true depth of the situation didn't really hit me until coming back home and seeing the multitude of images flashing on the television screen.
The toll on humanity is really beyond the grasp of anything i've ever seen before in my life and while i have a much better understanding of what has happened now that i've returned to civilization, it's clear this is a monumental tragedy of epic proportions.
My emotions were already in a state of upheaval upon returning to my 'real life,' but seeing it all eventually caused me to break down in tears in sympathy for the costs on humanity this has wrought.
of course, i'm thankful that, thus far, nobody i know was killed or lost their home, (though i do have a friend who lived in New Orleans that i haven't heard from since this whole thing started, but we haven't spoken in several years, so i'm not necessarily surprised by the lack of communication -- still, i wonder...), but this could just as easily could have been here or in Florida, where my grandmother resides or...wherever.
I'm also very fucking angry about the lack of immediate response by my government and i'm heartened that people are speaking out and saying the things that need to be said - this administration completely blew it.
At least idiot FEMA director Michael Brown has been yanked but this administration needs to take responsibility for its disastrous handling of the situation.

Fuck you, "President" Bush, you uncaring slime. FUCK YOU.

Go Fuck yourself, Mr. Cheney. Go Fuck Yourself.
ADDITION: What happened to the guy who told Cheney to go fuck himself - Click Here
Scott McClellan is a Whore

Laura Bush calls Katrina Hurricane Corrina TWICE
(Thanks to Crooks and Liars for the above links - a great site to keep up-to-date on all the lies and spin being spewed by the Bush Assministration)

go fuck yourself barbara bush

.....
Other shit has been happening, you know.

Hunter Thompson's near-suicide note
i call it his near-suicide note because it was written 4 days before he offed himself.
but it does ring with a bit of finality, to be sure.
maybe he did do the right thing, as fucked as that sounds.

I'm Out Baby

Exit, stage left.

Temple of Gravity, 2003

Delicious Again, Peter.

Mind your manners while I'm away or you may have to answer to her:
Godspeed.

I'll be back in a week.
Or so.

Don't forget to floss.

Bonus!: This is my 600th post of PaperSpray.
Coincidence?
Yes!